Request for document conversion support
Evidence of the existing problems and consequences that have not been completely resolved from the implementation of the arrangement of administrative units at the commune level in the province in the period of 2019 - 2021 were raised by many delegates at the conference to criticize the draft Project on the arrangement of administrative units at the district and commune levels in the period of 2023 - 2025 in the province.
According to Ms. Cao Thi Thanh Nga - Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Que My Commune (Que Son), 4 years after the merger of Que Cuong and Phu Tho communes, the people of the commune have not received financial support to adjust their documents according to the new name of the commune administrative unit. This has caused inconvenience and difficulties for people in administrative transactions.
Specifically, people who go to see a doctor using health insurance will not be paid because the information has not been adjusted to the name of Que My commune. In the period of 2019 - 2021, the district's commune merger plan and central regulations stated financial support to convert information on documents, including "red books" for people.
However, during the implementation process, this funding source was not supported, leading to apprehension among a part of the people about implementing the policy of merging district-level administrative units in the period of 2023 - 2025. This is also the reason why the percentage of Que Son district voters agreeing with the policy of merging Que Son and Nong Son districts has not reached the desired level (only reaching over 91%).
“In this project to arrange administrative units, it is necessary to clearly state that for administrative units after the merger, the provincial level will calculate and arrange 100% financial support for people to convert related documents. This will create favorable conditions for changing document information, meeting the aspirations of people after the merger,” Ms. Nga proposed.
In the budget estimate for the implementation of the project to merge district- and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-2025 period of the Provincial People's Committee, the draft mentions 4 categories of expenditures, with a total estimated budget of 90 billion VND. However, in this total budget, the draft does not mention the category of expenditures to support organizations and people when converting types of documents and administrative procedures under the new names of administrative units after the arrangement.
Therefore, many opinions suggest that the draft project needs to have a budget source to support this content. Because this is the people's wish, which is clearly proposed in the resolutions of the People's Councils at the commune and district levels on approving the policy of merging administrative units in the period of 2023 - 2025.
Mr. Phan Khac Chuong - Chairman of the Provincial Lawyers Association stated that the merger of administrative units did not originate from the people's petition, but belonged to the policy of the Party and State and was agreed upon by the people.
Accordingly, the State must be responsible for changing all documents of the old district and commune to the new district and commune administrative units. It cannot force people to pay money to convert documents and resolve related administrative procedures...
Effectively solve redundant staff
The plan and roadmap for arranging and reorganizing cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers after the reorganization of administrative units have been clearly stated in the draft project. Giving comments on this content, Mr. Le Tan Trung - former Secretary of Que Son District Party Committee assessed that the draft has been carefully and detailedly prepared, but there are some unclear contents and will be difficult to implement.
According to Mr. Trung, for those holding the positions of district and commune party secretaries and district and commune people's committee chairmen, the project states: After the arrangement, surplus cases will be assigned to deputy positions or transferred to other communes in the district that are lacking in order to complete the work.
Accordingly, this content needs to be supplemented to be more feasible: "or transferred to the province, to other adjacent districts if qualified and qualified". Because Resolution 35 dated July 12, 2023 of the National Assembly Standing Committee and Instruction 26 of the Central Organizing Committee dated November 30, 2023 both stipulate that the maximum time to resolve redundant cadres is no more than 60 months. The organization of the apparatus must return to the correct framework regulations. If the province does not participate with the district, the feasibility of stabilizing the new administrative unit organization after 5 years will be very difficult.
According to Mr. Trung, the positions of deputy secretary of district and commune party committees and vice chairman of district and commune people's committees will be increased in the new administrative unit after the merger, which is only a short-term solution. What about the long-term situation after 60 months?
Accordingly, Mr. Trung proposed to add the content of transfer to the province and adjacent districts if qualified and qualified. Similarly, for officials, civil servants, and public employees at district and commune levels, it is also proposed to add in this direction.
“If we let the new district handle it itself, it will not be able to cope with the large number of surplus officials. Meanwhile, their age, standards, conditions and abilities are very good, so we cannot dismiss them. The province’s involvement will create favorable conditions for the district level, because the authority to recruit and coordinate civil servants and public employees after recruitment belongs to the provincial level,” said Mr. Trung.
Highly agreeing with the view that the province needs to support localities in resolving surplus cadres according to a 5-year roadmap as discussed by many opinions, Mr. Nguyen Phi Hung - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee said: "In order to be able to arrange, organize, and select qualified cadres from the surplus, the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board and the Department of Home Affairs need to coordinate to advise the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee to issue guidelines and procedures for reviewing, evaluating, classifying, and arranging the cadre team of the new district-level administrative unit".
Mr. Nguyen Phi Hung - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee said that the draft Project on arranging administrative units at district and commune levels in the province for the period 2023 - 2024 has received high consensus from most voters.
Except for Tien Son commune, where voters agreed with 84.78%, the remaining communes and districts subject to rearrangement all reached 91% or more. This shows that the draft project content was carefully prepared, ensuring conditions for organizing a review conference.
“Regarding the estimated budget for implementation, I agree with the delegates’ opinions. In the expenditure contents, the draft does not pay attention to supporting 100% of the costs incurred when people adjust information on related documents. The drafting agency needs to absorb and supplement to complete…” - Mr. Hung said.
Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/gop-y-du-thao-sap-xep-don-vi-hanh-chinh-tren-dia-ban-quang-nam-can-giai-quyet-tot-van-de-tu-co-so-3136955.html
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